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oxazolone

oxazolone noun: a five-membered heterocycle containing three carbon atoms, one nitrogen atom, one oxygen atom, a carbonyl group and a double bond.

Noun

oxazolone (countable and uncountable, plural oxazolones)

  1. A five-membered heterocycle containing three carbon atoms, one nitrogen atom, one oxygen atom, a carbonyl group and a double bond
  2. A chemical allergen, 4-ethoxymethylene-2-phenyloxazol-5-one, used for immunological experiments, particularly for experiments on delayed type hypersensitivity.

Forms of oxazolone

pluraloxazolones

Words formed from oxazolone

Questions about oxazolone

What does oxazolone mean?
Oxazolone means a five-membered heterocycle containing three carbon atoms, one nitrogen atom, one oxygen atom, a carbonyl group and a double bond.
What part of speech is oxazolone?
Oxazolone is a noun.
What is the plural of oxazolone?
The plural of oxazolone is oxazolones.

Words near oxazolone in the dictionary

  1. oxazolinones
  2. oxazolium
  3. oxazoliums
  4. oxazolomycin
  5. oxazolomycins
  6. oxazolone
  7. oxazolones
  8. oxazolyl
  9. oxazone
  10. oxazones
  11. oxback

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